McQUARRIE – How long is too long to be on City council?
BOB DYLAN DROPPED BY this morning to give me a hand writing today’s column. Okay, okay, maybe dropped by is a bit of an exaggeration but as I began writing, I did have [Continue]
Local Voices
KNOX – Pigeons on Pandora won’t have Sir John A. to perch on any more
THIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME Victoria council has debated moving the Sir John A. statue that stands outside City Hall. It did so 18 years ago, too, except that time, the [Continue]
PETERS – What should you look for in a Kamloops City council candidate?
LAST MONTH on CFJC Today, Bill McQuarrie talked about what voters can expect in the upcoming election campaign. He got out his crystal ball and predicted certain topics that [Continue]
CHARBONNEAU – Catching criminals with genetics not invasion of privacy
TANYA VAN CUYLENBORG’s killer went free for decades until DNA evidence led to his arrest in Washington State. The young Victoria woman’s boyfriend was also killed but [Continue]
FORSETH – Our sad record of intolerance and bigotry continues
INTOLERANCE, PREJUDICE, bigotry, injustice … all of these are nothing new. They have blemished our past, and they continue to blemish it today. Throughout time [Continue]
BEPPLE – Ordinary people, not politicians, will solve the opioid crisis
EVERY ONE OF US knows at least one person who has died from a drug overdose in the last few years. A co-worker. A friend’s brother-in-law. A son of another co-worker. A [Continue]
